Bottle.



Patented Sept. I8, |900.

G. W. VUUGHT.

B GTT L E.

(Application led Dec. 11, 1899.)

.No Mode1.)

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NITED STATES- PATENT FFIC.

GEORGE w.; voUGIIT, on Nnw YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION 'farming part of Letters Patent ne.r 657,971, dated september 1e, Ieoo.

l Application filed December 11, 1899. Serial No. 739,914. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. VOUGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles of the non-reiillable class; and the object is to provide a valve mechanism of simple and comparatively-cheap construction that may be applied to bottles of the ordinary shape and by means of which the refilling of a bottle will be efeetually prevented.

I will describe a bottle 4embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the neck portion of a bottle, showing a valve mechanism embodying my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a cap employed, and Fig. 4; is a sectional elevation of a modified construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a valve-casing of any suitable material-such, for instance, as glass-arrangedwithin the neck portion 2 of a bottle. On the lower end of the valve-casing 1 is a plate 3, having an opeping through it provided with a Valveseat 4. for a valve 5, consisting of cork or other light material. As here shown, the valve is held yieldingly in its seat by means of a band 6 of rubber or the like extended through an opening in the valve and having its 'ends turned between the lower end of the valvecasing 1 and the plate 3 and held in place by means of cement or plaster 7, which serves to hold the valve-casing and the plate 3 in the bottle. It will be noted that the plater3 has its edge turned upward to pass into the cement.

The head portion 8 of the valve-casing is provided with a series of circumferential channels or depressions, and in the wall of the head at these depressed portions are perforations 9, through which the liquid may escape when the bottle is tilted. As a fur ther-,means for holding the ball-valve 5 yieldin'gly in its seat I employ a weightI 10, which is free to move in the Valve-casing and to rest upon the Valve 5. The weight 10 is shown in the form of a ball, and itis prevented from moving into the head portion of the valve`= casing bly means of inwardly-extended lugs 11, formed in the casing.

Arranged over the head portion 8 of the Valve-casing is a cap 12, having ports 13 through its top wall, and the inner surface of the side wall Vof this cap is corrugated, as at 14, so that liquid may pass along said corrugations to reach the ports 13. By this construction it is obvious that liquid may be easily poured out, as the pressure against the valve 5 will move said valve from its seat, permitting the liquid to pass through the valve-casing and thence through the perforations and ports. It will be practically impossible, however, to refill the bottle by placing it in liquid or otherwise, because the valve 5 will engage closely in its seat when pressure is applied by liquid passing into the valve-casing from the outside. The arrangement of the head and the escape-ports for liquid will prevent the insertion of a wireor similar instrument to move the valve from its seat.

The cap is held rigidly in place by means of lugs 15 on its lower end, having inwardlyturned portions 16 to engage against the under side of an annular flange 17, formed on the valve-casing. At opposite sides this flange 17 is provided with openings through which the lugs 15 may pass when the cap is placed in position. This cap is to be placed in position while the cement 7 is still in a soft orv yielding condition, so that after passing the lugs through the opposite openings of the iiange the cap may be given a slight rotary movement to bring the portion 16 underneath the iiange, and of course when the cement hardens the cap cannot be again turnedto a position to remove it.

A vent for the inlet of air may be provided while inserting the valve mechanism by iirst placing a string in the neck of the bottle, and then before the cement hardens the string may be pulled out, leaving a very fine open-v ing, or the string may be doubled substan- IOO tially in the form of a chain, and then by pulling it to cause the links to come closer together a vent will be formed and the string may remain in the bottle-neck. p

Instead of the spring-yielding cord or rnbber 6 for holding the valve 5 in position I may employ a metal spring 18, as indicated in Fig. 4, this spring 18 being connected at one end to the ball and at the other end to a bridgepiece 19, connected to the plate 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a bottle, a valve-casing arranged in the neck portion thereof, a valve held yieldingly in a seat formed in the lower portion of the casing, a head on said casing having annular channels and perforations through the wall of the head in said channels, and a cap for itting over the head of the valve-casing, the said cap having a port through its top Wall and having channels in the inner side of its side wall, substantially as speciied.

2. In a bottle, a valve-casing having a head portion provided with perforations and annular channels, a plate in the lower end of said casing and having a valve-controlled opening, a cap fitted over the head portion of the valve-casing and having ports and channels in the inner side of its side wall, and lugs extended from said cap and having hooked portions for engaging underneath a flange formed on the easing, substantially as specified.

3. In a bottle, a valve-casing arranged in the neck portion of the bottle, a cement for Securing the casing, and a string or the like extended through the cement and adapted when drawn to form a vent.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p

GEORGE W. VOUGHT.

Witnesses:

C. VOUGHT, A. E. VoUGH'r. 

